Radio Digest (Apr 1925-Jan 1926)

RADIO DIGES T— Illustrated May 30, 1925 NoAQ OFFICIAL BALLOT Announcers' Contest RADIO DIGEST SECOND ANNUAL GOLD CUP AWARD Gold Cup Award Editor, Radio Digest, 510 North Dearborn St., Chicago, 111." Please credit this ballot as one vote for: ..of Station., (Announcer's name) (Call letters) Signed.. Address City. .State.. If you desire, tell below in five or less wordi what you most like about the announcer for whom you have cast this ballot: COLHOUN, FAVORITE, WANTS NO GOLD CUP WFAA MAN RESIGNS FROM 1925 ANNOUNCER RACE Would Help Others — George Hay Keeps Lead While McNamee Draws Closer Adams Colhoun, grand old man of WFAA, has repeated his act of 1924 and withdrawn from the 1925 Radio Digest Gold Cup Award for the world's most popular Radio announcer. Though a favorite with many and among the first sixteen leaders in the voting, Mr. Colhoun prefers to give his ardent supporters to the announcer of his choice. Other features of the week in the Gold Cup race are: George Hay keeps his lead, but Graham McXamee is following with a close second and decreasing the distance between himself and Hay every day; Henry Field polled a heavy vote and advanced to third place, putting the Hired Hand in fourth; Gene Rouse made a spectacular advance from ninth to fifth place, polling approximately 1,100 votes, the largest number by any candidate during the week. Lambdin Kay climed to seventh from eighth, while H. W. Arlin slipped from fifth to sixth. Two other skids were N. Dean Cole, sixth to eighth, and W. G. •'Bill" Hay, seventh to tenth. Xew candidates in the top sixteen this week who have "made the grade" from obscurity are Richard Haller, thirteenth; John Daggett, fourteenth, and Kolin Kager, sixteenth. Colhoun Explains Withdrawal In the letter withdrawing from the race for the solid 14-carat gold cup, Adams Colhoun explained the motives for his move. He said: "Personally, I have no desire for either the honor or the cup that goes with it. WFAA has four announcers. We get along famously. "It would not enhance our good fellowship and splendid teamwork to have any one of the number declared the most popular announcer. "To be frank about it, we know how good we are. What we want to know is what the public thinks of the fellows at the otber stations. Millions of listeners have written WFAA, telling very plainly — with brutal frankness — what they think of us. "We mean to announce the contest, to take sides enthusiastically and to tell our audience who is our choice. But we are not to be considered under any circumstances until we are offered the job of president of the League of Nations." True sportsmanship, Mr. Colhoun! Standing of Sixteen Leaders The standing of the sixteen leaders at the close of last week was: Position Name and Station Votes 1. George I). Hay, WLS 4.220 2. Graham McNamee, WEAF ::,779 XF 2,916 4. The Hired Hand, WBAP 2,876 .-,. Gene Boa e. wo.uv 2,7::.'. I,. If. W. A. II:,, KI<KA 2,193 Win Kay, USI! 2,095 8. N. Dean Cole, WHO 1.808 9. Boben Emnv, \vi:i;f 1,751 in. W. r. Hay, KFKX 1,885 11 1. Woe 1.(121 12. I In, UT.\s 1,576 13. Richard Haller, KGW 1,459 14. .1 1. Kll.l 1,446 15. Jerry Bulliran, WQJ 1,400 10. K'jlln Haser, WGY 1,398 The nominations are decreasing in number, probably because the contest is nearly half finished, but still three new names were entered last week as follows: CKCL, A. P. Howels; WBBR, Victor K'-hmidt; WGY, Asa O. Coggeshall. The total number of gold cup contenders is now 158. Although the new nominees have a hard path to travel, one of them may be a dark horse and spring a real surprise. Watch for the Gold Cup standing next issue! How to Vote and Get Bonus Don't miss a single ballot, for when these are turned in to Radio Digest in a group of CONSECUTIVE numbers, extra bonus votes are allowed the announcer for whom you are voting. The ballots, top of page two, numbered consecutively, will appear in each issue of the Radio Digest until the close of the contest, with the August 22 number. Each of these ballots will count for one vote when sent in separately. Tou can hold these ballots until you have 4 that are consecutively numbered, and when CONSENSUS OF OPINION VOTE Send to Radio Digest, 510 N. Dearborn Street, Chicago To be forwarded by Radio Digest to the Department of Commerce for the attention of members of Congress. Scratch off whichever does not apply. 1. Do you want less class B (500 watts or more power) stations? Yes No 2. Shall B stations be reduced to 94 in number, so that they can be accommodated satisfactorily in the "ether roadways" now available for the use of broadcasting stations? Yes No 3. How far away, approximately, is the nearest class B station? mi. 4. Are you troubled by B stations heterodyning and interfering with one another? Yes No 5. Have you read a description of the Kintner plan? Yes No 6. Are you in favor of it or some similar plan which will help clear the air of the present "traffic" congestion? Yes No 7. Do you favor the appointment of an unbiased, non-partisan broad casting control board for the settlement of all differences pertaining to broadcasting and the interpretation of present or future Radio legislation? Yes No S. Include separately a list of five stations you like most and five you dislike most. How many members Name in your family? Address Are all of the same mind as yourself? City, County, State (Write to Radio Digest if more blanks are desired) they are sent in a bonus of 8 votes will be allowed for your favorite announcer. For each 8 consecutively numbered ballots your candidate will receive a bonus of 20 votes. For each 12 consecutively numbered ballots, 30 votes. For each 16 consecutively numbered ballots, 40 votes. For each 20 consecutively numbered ballots, 50 votes, and for each 22 consecutively numbered ballots, 60 votes bonus will be allowed. Send nominations or ballots to the GOLD CUP AWARD EDITOR, Radio Digest, 510 N. Dearborn St., Chicago. Sir Charles F. Higham, Britain's most eminent advertising expert, is now in the United States engaging in a tea propaganda campaign. He will broadcast from a number of stations throughout the country. CONTENTS Radio Digest, Illustrated, Volume XIII, Number 8, published Chicago, Illinois,. May 30, 1925. Published weekly by Radio Digest Publishing Company, 510 N. Dearborn Street. Chicago, Illinois. Subscription rates, yearly. Five Dollars; Foreign Postage One Dollar additional; single copies Ten Cents. Entered as second class matter at the post office at Chicago, Illinois, under the Act of March 3, 1879. All the Live News of Radio 1 to 6 Station KFAB, the Cornhusker's Favorite 5 Advance Programs for the Week 8 to 14 An Evening at Home with the Listener In, a chart in Eastern, Central and Pacific Time, showing when to listen in for your favorite stations 14-15 Editorials, Indi-Gest and Condensed by Dielectric 16 Recent Advances in Radio Frequency Amplification, Fart I, by Milo Gnrney 17 A. B. C. Course in Radio Fundamentals, Chapter X — Electrical Measuring Instruments, by David Fenn Moreton 19 Simplifying Operation with Switches 21 Questions and Answers 22 Directory of Radiophone Broadcasting Stations, Fart III 23 Looking Ahead Comparisons of Tuned R.F. Circuits as they have never been taken up before, will be the basis for Milo Gurney's next article in his exclusive "scoop" series. Reading these earlier articles you are taken through all the ideas, both good and bad, that have been advanced so that the logical "bridge" hook-up and its advantages can be understood when Mr. Gurney presents it. This he will do in the third or fourth article. Don't miss a single article ! CKY, Manitoba's Only Broadcaster, will be described in next week's issue. Why CKY, announced as CNRW when Canadian National Railways programs are given, is the only broadcaster in Manitoba, is a story in itself. Watch for the pictures and story of CKY. Lots of Interesting Things Are Happening now in the 1925 Gold Cup Award for the world's most popular Radio announcer, so watch the standing from week to week. Will George Hay keep the lead, or will Graham McNamee pass him? Or perhaps some "dark horse" may top the crowd next week. Who knows ? The A. B. C. Radio Course being written by Professor Moreton will take in more instruments next week. The article in this issue presents ammeters of the thermal type so that the veriest novice grasps their construction and the installment scheduled for June 6 is equally clear and concise. Newsstands Don't Always Have One Left WHEN YOU WANT Radio Digest YOU WANT IT! BE SURE OF YOUR WEEKLY COPY BY SUBSCRIBING NOW SEND IN THE BLANK TODAY Publisher Radio Digest. 510 N. D oar turn St., Chicago, Mlnoli. Please find endued eheik M. 0. fer Five Oellart (Six. Foreign) fer One Yair'i Subiirlitloa te Radio Dlgait. Illottretod. Name .... Address ..... City State COUNTRY'S LEADERS IN CLEAR ETHER CRY FIND VOTING BLANKS BACK KINTNER WAVE PLAN Early Tabulations Show What People Want — Million Votes Goal of Campaign CHICAGO. — The Kintner plan, as voted upon by "Consensus of Opinion" ballots now appearing in Radio Digest, is recognized as the supreme cure for the present bad attack of ether congestion with which Radio is now suffering. The vote shows it. Tabulations on the first 10,000 ballots received are far from complete, but there is no question but that: 1. The public does not favor granting additional wave bands to new 500-watt stations. 2. Instead of releasing new wave bands, time should be divided by the present 500-watt and lower power broadcasters. 3. Superpower broadcasting stations are well liked, and need not, as long as they serve the public well, divide time with any other station. 4. Heterodyning and inter-station interference is very bad in nearly all sections of the United States. 5. The Kintner plan, or some similar scheme, is unanimously favored. 6. The appointment of an unbiased, nonpartisan broadcasting control board for the division of time between stations and the assignment of wave bands, etc., is favored. Leaders Compliment Campaign From far and near come testimonial letters complimenting Radio Digest on starting the campaign against broadcast congestion. The country's leaders call it by far the most constructive work yet attempted in the Radio field. Boiling Arthur Johnson, editor of the Lumber World Review, who for years has been considered a leader in editorial thought and a foremost figure in the lumber industry, has stamped his unqualified endorsement on the movement. He, like many other enthusiastic backers of the campaign, has offered his services as a newspaper man and authority to help. H. M. Symons, deputy secretary of state of Wyoming, is another of the nation's leaders who has shown himself progressive to the extent of approving of the campaign. He adds, "I am not so familiar with some of the stations since the last allocation of wave lengths inasmuch as some of them heterodyne so badly that it is indeed painful to listen to them." More Blanks Needed Although the mail to Radio Digest is heavy with "Consensus of Opinion" voting blanks, at least a million votes are desired to make the proper impression on congress and show the legislators the state of affairs. Many agencies are helping to distribute the blanks. Broadcasting stations, Radio clubs, manufacturers and dealers, and newspapers are joining in the battle and sending out the blanks in their mail. Many of these people have gone to the expense of printing their own copies of the voting blank. Radio Digest has printed a large supply of the blanks, so that readers not wishing to mutilate their copies, and non-subscribers can vote, but Radio Digest appreciates the sharing of the burden of printing expense which some of the volunteer campaigners are doing. After a long absence from the "mike," King George was heard recently at the opening of the Wembley exposition.